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Where does “tertiäärikausi” come from?

tertiäärikausi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tertiääri, from Swedish tertiär, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tertiäärikausi (Finnish): Tertiary

Definitions

  1. Tertiary

Ancestry of “tertiäärikausi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtertiääriTertiary
2Swedishtertiär—
3Latintertiārius—
4Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
5Latintrēs—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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